Carboy



Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,509,422 PATENT OFFICE.

finitiamatli H. GARIS, of EAs'roN, Priniisiz'LvnNra, AssIeNon. i o J. r.Bakes c EiVrI- CAL COMPANY, or rrirnnrrssune, NEW JERSEY, A conronarroivon NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed Uctober 1e, 192a. Serial no. 668,802.

1' '0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HE BERT I-I. GARIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Easton, county of Northampton, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carboys, fullydescribed and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in carboys.

It is the aim of the present invention to provide a simple", cheap anddurable carboy in which. vertical and lateral shocks imposed on theliquid-holding receptacle thereof during transportation will beeffectively cushioned and danger of breakage thus minimized.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand the invention, adetailed descrip tion of a preferred embodiment thereof will now begiven in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novelfeatures of the invention will then be specifically pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved carboy, with thecover removed, and

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, with cover in place.

Referring now to the drawings, the numerals 10, 11 indicate,respectively, the sides and bottom of the carboy, which form part of thehousing for the liquid-holding receptacle 12, reinforcements 18 onopposite sides being provided to which handles (not shown) or othermeans for facilitating handling may be attached, corner pieces 14, ofsubstantially triangular cross-section, also being provided extendingfrom the bottom 11 to the tops of the sides 10, to which the latter aresecured. The housing for the liquid-holding receptacle should beproperly dimensioned with respect to such receptacle so as to providesufficient clearance between it and the sides for the insertion of thecushioning means hereafter described.

In order that the liquid-holding receptacle 12 may be eflicientlycushioned against vertical and lateral shocks, such receptacle ispositioned on a raised platform 15 located on the bottom 11, thisplatform consisting of one or more boards, the ends of which arepositioned on and secured to strips or blocks 16 which are in turnsecured to the bottom 11. The. platform 15 should be formed of woodsufficiently thick to support the receptacle 12 when full of liquidwithout bending, but not so thick as to deprive it of sufficientelasticity to cushion vertical shocks imposed on the carboy. To cushionthe receptacle 12 against lateral shocks,"and to also strengthen thehousing for the receptacle,v

there are provided at the corners of such housing a plurality of cleats1, two such cleats preferably diagonally bridging each corner, one nearor flush with the top edge of the sides 10 and another just above theplatform 15. These cleats 1 are secured at their ends to the housingsides 10 in any suitable manner, as by screws or nails. For economy ofspace these cleats must be short and they should also be sufiicientlythick to support the receptacle 12 against lateral shocks without dangerof breakage of the cleats. To in crease the resiliency of such cleats,therefore, without reducing their thickness or otherwise weakening them,uprights 2 are provided located between the cleats 1 and the receptacle12, and these uprights are of such cross-sectional shape as to reduce toa minimum their area of contact with the cleats, whereby the length ofthe span between the point of contact of the uprights and the cleat endsis increased over what it would be if the flat surface of the uprightswas in contact with the cleats, and the proper resiliency of such cleatsis thus obtained. Preferably such uprights are formed as shown incross-section in Fig. 1, that is, with their cleat-engaging sides ofconvex form, or with a longitudinal ridge, while their opposite orreceptacle-engaging surface may advantageously be shaped to conform tothe shape of the receptacle 12. The housing for the receptacle 12 is, asshown in Fig. 2, provided with the usual cover 17, which cover, as wellas all the other partsof the carboy, may be secured together in anypreferred way, or by screws or nails. The uprights 2 may be convenientlysecured to the cleats 1 by nails or otherwise.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in theconstruction illustrated and described while still retaining theinvention defined by the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a carboy, the combination with the liquid-holding receptacle andhousing thereof, of resilient cleats diagonally bridging the corners ofsaid housing and having their ends supported by the side walls of thelatter, and bearing members positioned between said cleats and saidreceptacle.

2. In a carboy, the combination with the liquid-holding receptacle andhousing thereof, of resilient cleats diagonally bridging the corners ofsaid housing and having their ends supported by the side walls of thelatter, and bearing members having narrowed cleat-engaging surfacespositioned between said cleats and said receptacle.

3. In a carboy, the combination with the liquid-holding receptacle andhousing thereof, of resilient cleats diagonally bridging the corners ofsaid housing and having their ends supported by the side walls of thelatter, and uprights having a longitudinal ridge formed on theircleat-engaging sides positioned between said receptacle and cleats.

4. In a carboy, the combination with the liquid-holding receptacle andhousing thereof, of resilient cleats diagonally brid ing the corners ofsaid housing and having t \eir ends supported by the side walls of thelatter, and bearing members having concave receptacle-engaging surfacesand convex cleat-engaging surfaces positioned between said receptacleand cleats.

5. In a carboy, the combination with the liquid-holding receptacle andhousing thereof, of resilient cleats diagonally bridging the corners ofsaid housing and having their ends supported by the side walls of thelatter, bearing members having narrowed eleat-engaging surfacespositioned between said cleats and said receptacle, and a resilientplatform on which said receptacle rests.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

HERBERT H. GARIS.

